Inferior epigastric artery arising from the obturator artery as a terminal branch of the internal iliac artery and consideration of its rare occurrence

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Kawai, Katsushi ^a   Honma, Satoru ^a   Koizumi, Masahiro ^a   Kodama, Kodo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Development; External iliac artery; Inferior epigastric artery; Internal iliac artery; Obturator artery; Pubic branch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RARE DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

CADAVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DISSECTION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INCIDENCE; STOMACH;

EID: 56949096098     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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